David X. Sullivan, US Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Ramion Baker, also known as “Ray Ray,” 46, of Stamford, was sentenced Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Michael P. Shea in Hartford to 162 months of imprisonment and three years of supervised release for trafficking narcotics in southwestern Connecticut.
According to court documents and statements made in court, the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Bridgeport High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Task Force and Stamford Police Dept identified Rodney Canada as the leader of a drug trafficking organization that was distributing large quantities of fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, crack cocaine, and PCP in Stamford and elsewhere in southwestern Connecticut.
An investigation in 2024, which included court-authorized wiretaps and controlled purchases of narcotics, revealed that Canada and others orchestrated the street level distribution of narcotics through other members of the conspiracy. Investigators intercepted more than 5000 text messages and calls in which Canada coordinated his drug trafficking activities.
Baker and Canada were close associates who conspired to distribute fentanyl, crack cocaine, and PCP. Baker stored and packaged drugs at his Stamford residence on Hoyt Street, and also paid another individual to store drugs at their residence.
Baker, Canada, and other members of the conspiracy were arrested on May 14, 2024. On that date, investigators conducted court-authorized searches at locations in Stamford, Norwalk, Bridgeport, and Darien, and seized approximately three kilograms of cocaine, nearly 400 grams of raw fentanyl, more than 500 bags of fentanyl, five firearms, a bulletproof vest, and seven vehicles.
A search of Baker’s residence revealed more than 300 grams of cocaine, a distribution quantity of fentanyl, a .38 caliber revolver, and $4,543 in cash.
At the time of Baker’s federal arrest he had been released on bond and awaiting sentencing in three state robbery cases. In August 2024, Baker was sentenced in state court to an effective sentence of 10 years of imprisonment for the three robberies.
Baker’s criminal history also includes state convictions for robbery and assault, and a federal crack cocaine trafficking conviction in 2010.
On December 17, 2025, Baker pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and fentanyl, possession with intent to distribute cocaine, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
Judge Shea ordered a portion of Baker’s federal sentence to be served consecutively to his state sentences, giving Baker a total effective federal sentence of approximately 222 months of imprisonment.
Canada pleaded guilty and, on December 15, 2025, was sentenced to 110 months of imprisonment.
This investigation was conducted by the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Bridgeport High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Task Force, the Stamford Police Dept, the Bridgeport Police Dept and the U.S. Marshals Service, with the assistance of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Connecticut State Police, and the Norwalk, Danbury, and Darien Police Departments. The DEA HIDTA Task Force includes personnel from the DEA Bridgeport Resident Office, the Connecticut State Police, and the Norwalk, Stamford, Stratford, Milford, and Danbury Police Departments.
The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Patricia Stolfi Collins and Geoffrey M. Stone.